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they consist of a broken curved and crescent-shaped band around 

 the fore part, a broad transverse one (divided or interrupted in the 

 middle) nearly across the centre, and, following this, one or two 

 somewhat angular bars, also interrupted in the middle : the spinners 

 are of ordinary form and size, but prominent. 



Adults of both sexes were found under stones and among rubbish 

 and herbage on the plains of the Jordan. I found it also in similar 

 situations at Alexandria (Egypt). 



Theridion inscriptum, sp. nov. 



Female adult, length \i line. 



This species is similar in size and general structure to T. particeps, 

 but it differs in the position and size of the eyes, and in the abdomen, 

 which is less pointed behind. The abdomen is of a uniform dull black 

 colour ; the cephalothorax yellow-brown, tinged with blackish, espe- 

 cially in the ocular region, which is diffused with it. The legs are 

 yellowish, faintly banded with brown, and the palpi yellow. The 

 eyes are large ; the fore centrals the largest of the eight, and each of 

 them is almost, if not quite, contiguous to the fore lateral on its side ; 

 the hind centrals are, if any thing, slightly nearer to each other than 

 each is to the hind lateral on its sjde ; those of each lateral pair are 

 obliquely seated on a tubercle. 



A single example was found beneath a stone on the Lebanon. 



Theridion erigoniforme, sp. nov. 



Male adult, length L-J line ; female adult, \\. 



This is a very peculiar species ; it is, I think, certainly a Theri- 

 dion ; but in the form of its cephalothorax, as also in its general form, 

 it is exceedingly like the Spiders of the genus Erigone (Savigny). 



The cephalothorax is of a longish-oval form, and of a deep red- 

 brown colour ; the caput is smooth and glossy, the thorax distinctly 

 granulose, especially on the sides and margins ; and there is a strong 

 curved indentation at the point of junction between the caput and 

 thorax ; the former of these rises abruptly from the latter, and the 

 hinder part of the latter (thorax) is slightly produced backwards, the 

 produced portion fitting into a kind of corneous socket beneath the 

 fore part of the abdomen ; the clypeus is slightly prominent and 

 somewhat full. The eyes differ but little in size ; they are in two 

 transverse curved rows, of which the fore one is the shortest ; the 

 two central eyes of each row are respectively nearer together than 

 each is to the lateral on its side ; the eyes of each lateral pair are 

 contiguous and seated obliquely on a tubercle ; all, except the fore 

 centrals, are of a bright pearly-white hue. The legs are moderately 

 long, rather strong, and their relative length is 4, 1, 2, 3 ; they are 

 of an orange-yellow colour, the femora and the fore part of the tibiae 

 strongly suffused with dark brown, and are sparingly furnished with 

 hairs ; the tarsi have three terminal claws. 



The palpi are short, the cubital joint is bent, and much less 

 strong than the radial, which last has. its fore extremity simple, but 

 closely fitting to the digital joint, so that it appears almost to form 



